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At what age do we possess the greatest reason? We now know the answer: 53.3 years. Actually, this is the best age for wise and prudent investment choices, but that’s a bellweather for decision-making in general. Brookings Institute research suggests that mental capacity in general reaches its height from ages 42 to 63, measured byRead the Rest…

You’ve probably heard a lot of trash talk about me: I was an ego maniac, clinically paranoid, anti-Semitic. At least my critics and I agree on one thing: I was the greatest chess player of the baby boomer generation or any generation, for that matter. I made chess pop culture. No one like me hadRead the Rest…

“A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.” ~Carl Sandburg, poet “The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party thatRead the Rest…

“If you haven’t cried, your eyes can’t be beautiful.” I was an international baby boomer star and sex symbol of the 1960s, and beyond. What separated me from the pop culture “sex kittens” and “bombshells” celebrities of the era? In all due modesty, I was an actress. I became the first and only women toRead the Rest…

So contemporary. So 21st century. So wrong. Let’s return to ancient baby boomer times: A.D. 1973. A reality show used to mean National Geographic. Everyone thinks the pop culture genre was invented around 2000. It was re-invented. A daring series hit television in 1973: an out-the box idea to do live running footage of theRead the Rest…

When I want you in my arms When I want you and all your charms Whenever I want you, all I have to do is Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream Everly Brothers What is lucid dreaming? To become aware you’re dreaming while you’re dreaming – to consciously “wake-up” inside the fantasy. Although not everyone does it,Read the Rest…

2007: Apple Computer unveils the new iPhone. 1991: Odds man out. Due to his gambling history, Pete Rose is officially banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame. To this day, he remains in the Hall of Shame. 1989: The short-lived late night Pat Sajak Show premieres. It was back to the (daytime) Wheel in littleRead the Rest…

“I beg you, pleeease don’t ship me off again.” My mother would bristle. “You’re not being shipped off, young man. It’s a summer camp. Everyone goes to summer camp.” Every kid did. It was a baby boomer suburban ritual, supposed to build character and camaraderie. Oh yes, it also gave parents a much-needed break forRead the Rest…

Try as we may, philosophers and pop culture pundits can only offer perspectives. “Do I love you because you’re beautiful, Or are you beautiful because I love you?” ~Rogers & Hammerstein, Cinderella “Infatuation is when you think he’s as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funnyRead the Rest…